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peat - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'peat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Peat [ n.]
- A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
- A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel.